Courses Available

If you would like to recreate authentic Thai, Mediterranean, Street, Indian or Japanese dishes at home, then we have a course with for you. Guided by one of our expert Chefs, you will be shown how to use authentic ingredients to produce those original flavours – we will also let you know where to buy the essential herbs and spices you will need to recreate these dishes in your own home.

Knife skills form the back bone to this course as we breathe new life into old favourites, giving them a twist to bring them bang up to date. Using only British ingredients, you will learn how to produce the very best contemporary British food.
These dishes will be seasonal and will differ with each course, consequently you cook look to be cooking a beef wellington, or toad in the hole, finishing off with profiteroles or eton mess.

Nothing beats the aroma and taste of freshly-baked bread as it emerges from the oven. Learn how to make your own delicious loaves with our one and two-day courses.
Join a small group of other would-be bakers for our fun and easy introduction to bread making. In a relaxed atmosphere, we'll teach you traditional techniques in mixing, kneading, fermenting, proving and baking dough. Covering everything from everyday loaves to speciality breads, our courses are designed to appeal to new bakers and those with some previous experience.
Return home and impress your friends and family with your new skills!
These courses are full-day courses.

Learn to produce a well-presented, delicious, three-course dinner party menu and still have time to spend with your guests.
This course will teach you the art of quick, effective entertaining. You will learn to cook a starter, main course and delicious dessert and how to present your food to restaurant standard.
At the end of the course, you can relax and enjoy the fruits of your labour and a sit-down lunch with wine.

On this course, you will learn how to prepare and cook whole fish and shellfish to create mouth-watering dishes that are bursting with flavour and cooked to perfection. You will have the opportunity to use seasonal produce and/or to create a themed recipe such as a Thai or French fish dish.

Our popular Knife Skills course forms the back bone of many of our courses and will improve the effectiveness and enjoyment of your day to day cooking. Knowing the best knife and technique to use will improve your speed, make you a safer cook and eliminate unevenly-cooked dishes and poor flavour development.
Choosing a set of knives can be daunting. This course allows you to examine, handle and test different knives to make your decision easier. Crucially, you will learn how to look after your knives which will extend the life of your investment.
Typically, you will learn essential vegetable preparation, slicing, dicing and julienne, before moving on to techniques such as fish boning, jointing and skinning a chicken and looking professional when carving the Sunday roast! The course may also offer a national theme with Thai, Mexican or French cookery.

If, like many of us, you are short on time but don’t want to compromise on delicious evening meals, this is the perfect course for you. Using seasonal produce, we will teach you a repertoire of simple, nutritious and satisfying dishes that you will look forward to preparing, no matter how busy you are.

Perfect for those that like to entertain or simply up the repertoire at home, this course will give you the confidence to try new ingredients and techniques so that you can impress your friends and family with dishes that look and taste spectacular!
The dishes will be seasonal and could follow these lines; duck breast with confit of prunes served with parmentier sweet potatoes, roasted tandoori lamb with bombay potatoes, pulled pork with a madeira jus, dauphinese potato served with wilted spinach, apples and pears.